Pierre Suu/Getty
- Gabriel Plus, a spokesman for the Paris Fire Brigade, told The New York Times on Tuesday that firefighters trained twice last year for a potential fire at Notre-Dame Cathedral.
- A fire brought down much of the 800-year-old cathedral's roof on Monday.
- Plus told the paper the trainings last year were focused on how to recover art and relics from Notre-Dame.
Paris firefighters regularly underwent training on how to respond in case Notre-Dame ever caught fire.
They had to put that training to the test Monday night, when the 800-year-old cathedral went up in flames.
See the rest of the story at Business Insider
NOW WATCH: A mathematician gave us the easiest explanation of pi and why it's so important
See Also:
- Iconic historical buildings across the world are trying to persuade people they won't suffer disastrous fires like Notre-Dame
- France no longer has trees tall enough to rebuild Notre-Dame's roof as it was
- Notre-Dame Cathedral will never be the same — but not all is lost
from Business Insider http://bit.ly/2IFBpP1
No comments:
Post a Comment